LITTLE SISTER an unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist (Totally Gripping Psychological Thrillers) by PATRICIA MACDONALD

Author:PATRICIA MACDONALD [MACDONALD, PATRICIA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books psychological thriller and crime
Published: 2022-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Andrew jerked his hand out of the cash drawer and looked up into the red face and angry eyes of Lewis Temple. “Nothing,” he said.

“You were taking money from me.”

“No,” said Andrew.

“And why have you got your coat on?”

“I have to leave early.”

Lewis Temple looked at him incredulously. “Leave early? And what were you going to do? Just leave the store untended while you were gone.”

“I was going to lock up. That’s what I was just doing. Locking up the drawer.”

Temple shook his head and pulled off his jacket. “It’s a goddamn good thing I stopped in here.” He turned back to Andrew and stared at his pocket as if he could see inside it with X-ray vision. “Just locking it up. I’ll bet.”

Andrew came out behind the counter and passed the store manager, who was sputtering. “Gotta go,” said Andrew.

Temple grabbed the sleeve of his jacket and poked a finger into his shoulder. “You’re not going anywhere.”

Andrew stared intently at the restraining hand on his shoulder. He wanted to break it off at the wrist and hear the man scream in pain. It was what he deserved. But he didn’t want to start trouble in case Mr Temple decided to call the police. Besides, he had the money in his pocket, and the store owner couldn’t prove it wasn’t his. “I’m in a hurry,” said Andrew.

Temple let go of him with a little shove. “Don’t come back, Andrew. You’re fired as of right now. And don’t come sniffing around for your pay either. I think you already helped yourself to it.”

Andrew could barely control the desire to grin. He only wished he could tell the stupid prick that he could stuff his stinking job, that Andrew was not even going to be around after today. He forced himself not to say it, although the thoughts were loud in his head. He looked up at Mr Temple’s face and saw that it was puffy and discolored. There was a trickle of blood running from the side of his mouth, and his eyes were rolled back in his head. Andrew felt a surge of happiness.

“You’ve been nothing but trouble anyway,” said Mr Temple.

Andrew blinked hard and looked again. The bloody image had disappeared, and Mr Temple’s glittering eyes bored into him.

“I’ll see ya,” Andrew said in a bland voice. He did not wait for a response.

The wind snapped around him as he alternately walked and ran the distance to his house. He had plenty of time, he reminded himself. Plenty of time. She never got back from Dr Ridberg’s until nearly six. By then he and Francie would have a big head start, and no one would know in which direction.

He laughed aloud, thinking of how Temple had just fired him from his job. That would be a good story to tell Francie in the car.

He reached Berwyn Road in no time, as if he had been flying, not walking. The day was cold and gray, and there was a smell of woodsmoke in the air.

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